Let no one say that you don't live up to your forum moniker, Arvis. ...Although at this point, "Erotophobe" may be more accurate. ;)

Ha ha! Very true. :PI always appreciate your accepting me, Frosty, even though we see many things so differently.

Although I know my feelings are more extreme than others, I do feel like being repulsed at the sexualization of minors, even in fiction, is less about being a prude and more about being decent. But my prudishness definitely plays a big part, for sure.

I should also say I do really enjoy sex, but I hate when humans are reduced to sex objects. I think I'm allowed to feel both. So someone like Angelica, who reduces herself and everyone else around her into nothing more than things meant to be used for pleasure, really gets down to the very nature of what I hate about oversexualization in media.

This just in. Teenagers are horny. News at 11.

But no seriously, 19 yrs old is plenty old enough to be thinking of sowing wild oats. Its when you start talking about 12 to 14 yr olds that the problems start to arise (15 & 16 yr olds are plenty capable of thinking about sex and even acting upon it among peers, they shouldn't because they're still dumb horny teens, but they are capable). The other problem is more with modern society making it damn near impossible to start a family at an early age while still being able to provide even a mediocre standard of living, which further skews the general perception of age of consent (that, and the fact that the US was founded by a bunch of puritans searching for the religious freedom to discriminate by their own preferences).

she's yet another bisexual character portrayed as a sexually promiscuous deviant.

So much this. People outside the heteronormative orientation are still people with myriad interests and feelings outside of sex, just like anyone else.

And yes, I understand that a lot of people IRL, in any orientation, do make their sexuality their only defining attribute, but it's extremely off-putting when they do and I really hate it when that kind of thing is played for a laugh or treated casually in fiction.

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"You know, you're pretty cool too, Arvis. You like good music, good games, and good tennis." - Divingfalcons

Call of Duty - Motherfucking All of them [PC/PS4] - MW1, MW2, MW3, WW2, IW, AW. What is wrong with me ?!? *despair*(The Modern ones anyway).

Dead Space 1/2 [PC] - Still brilliant. Still two of my favorite games of all time. Amazing hard-sci fi series. And the animation/weight of Isaac and his movements just feels so damn good. Wish DS3 hadn't been as ultra-action-focused as it was and maybe the devs might still be here.

Nobunaga's Ambition - Sphere of Influence Ascension [PS4] - Playing a deep strategy game with a controller is surprisingly not bad. So for those unfamiliar, you play as an individual trying to take over Japan during the Sengoku Jidai (Warring States period). Que base-building, army-building, politics and war. I'm still learning how the game works but so far, I'm having a lot of fun.

SMT Strange Journey [DS] - Honestly, started playing this because someone said that it's the closest thing to SMT Nocturne since ... you know ... SMT: Nocturne. If I had a PS2 I would play it but currently I can't. I just killed the first real boss (Minotaur boss). To be honest, I had already played up until the Shopping Mall a couple of years ago but stopped playing for whatever reason. Hopefully I will finish it this time. Also, Atlus remaster/remake SMT : Nocturne ffs!

About your current topic, this idea of having an older girl being openly promiscuous (or hinting at it) to younger characters is nothing new. This is almost a cliché, generally used to indicate s/he's sexually active whereas the younger characters are not (generally anyway).

So my question is: Why does that bother you Arvis/Starmongoose? Because it paints a bad picture of bisexuals? To me, that just reflects how poorly you two think of other people's intelligence. No one is going to look at her and think: "Ohh she's like that because she's bisexual!". So anyway, I would like to hear why this bothers you two.

Suikoden 2 - Just got to Two River, where it would seem some little butthole of a ragamuffin just pick-pocketed me upon my arrival. Great.I'm still wondering what a 'toasty bath' is... I want to bomb the whole town of South Window, I'm so mad at that asshole slacker sailor and his rigged-ass dice game. I ended up hiring Amada or Adama or whatever the heck his name is to captain my boat instead.

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"Movies are better than people. You don't have to smell who you're watching." ~ Baby Cakes

I have been playing Alundra on my Vita a half hour at a time (on my lunch) for a month and am not even halfway through. It's a good thing it's not terrible and the puzzles are engaging or I would've moved on by now.

I'm having a heck of a time getting money in this game. And U-Material for upgrading weapons? Forget about it. Definitely feeling like I need to stop and grind now.

You really don't need all the weapon upgrades. In fact I feel like they're kind of a waste since they'll immediately be surpassed by a new weapon (which you can also upgrade...). Meanwhile U-material is actually much more useful being spent on things like special quartz upgrades that you'll actually benefit from for a much longer period of time.

Taking a break from Tales of Berseria to go back to FEW again and finally pick up Celica. Goddamn, they aren't kidding when they say that the Mercenary moveset is the best in the game. On a stage where you have to stop three rendezvous, halt two siege Sages, bust up 3 captains and their shadows, track down 5 clones of the boss, beat the boss himself twice, then use whatever time's left to fell a dragon with four life bars; watching Lyn absolutely shred said dragon's life bars to nothing in under a minute flat to eek out an S-rank couldn't be more satisfying (and I still have to get Astra onto her). At this point, all I have left to do for the pre-DLC stuffs is a second run on the Celica recruit mission, most of Story Mode on Lunatic difficulty, and the Spacial Distortions and Anna History Mode battles.

I'm having a heck of a time getting money in this game. And U-Material for upgrading weapons? Forget about it. Definitely feeling like I need to stop and grind now.

You really don't need all the weapon upgrades. In fact I feel like they're kind of a waste since they'll immediately be surpassed by a new weapon (which you can also upgrade...). Meanwhile U-material is actually much more useful being spent on things like special quartz upgrades that you'll actually benefit from for a much longer period of time.

Yeah, but I want the best! Plus, some of the upgrades work well for my builds (EVA/SPD boosts, etc) as well as being really helpful for my mages.

It helps that I'm getting U-Mats from boxes/urns and stuff now.

Also, the grinding didn't take long at all. Maybe an hour at the most? Got plenty of U-Mats, and then got MORE besides as I continued the chapter.

Still didn't have enough to upgrade everyone's weapons in the next chapter, though. But I'm close. I am currently...

exploring Heimdallr where Laura and Fie are having a heck of a time forming a combat link. Rean's solution after fighting the monster in the tunnel is genius. I love the writing in this game.

Trails in the Sky cameo watch: Holy crap, Lechler showed up to pick up Obligatory Disgusting Lolicon Millium! I about jumped out of my seat when he showed up. Also, Olivier's VA is the same as Alvin's from Xillia 1 & 2, which was odd for me since I just finished that.

Lastly, when Rean went Super Saiyan I literally laughed out loud. That was dumb as heck, but also still cool. I guess I wish they hadn't done the hair color change.

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Suikoden 2 - Just finished up the whole undercover school students part of the game, which is accurate in its depiction of how boring things involving school are. Joking aside, I'm still very much enjoying the game. To be fair, there is a bit of back tracking here and there, but it rarely feels tedious (thankfully, easy fights go very quick). Some of the music is rather "meh", also. More inventory space would be nice... Those really are small gripes, though. Otherwise, great game. Highly recommended.I'm not being anal about gathering characters, but I'm trying to be thorough in my examination of areas and people. For example, I recruited Anita (whom I've kept in my battle party for some time now) by talking to her 20-ish times until she asked me for some sort of medicine that I happened to have on me. I didn't know to do that. She just happened to be at an inn I frequented during a certain part of the game, and I'd talk to her every time I stopped by.

Driver: San Francisco - Re-playing this, which I initially played back when it was new (7 years ago already!). The story is a joke, and a lot of the aspects of the game are straight up ridiculous, but who really cares about that? It's a hell of a blast to play. It's one of my favorite driving games, period. Love that it combines the feel of a simulator and arcade racer, while keeping a bit of the spirit of the original games. Also helps that it features several of my favorite cars of all time. There really needs to be a proper sequel to this game.

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"Movies are better than people. You don't have to smell who you're watching." ~ Baby Cakes